Adam Setkowicz, born on December 1875, in Kraków, was a Polish artist known for his expertise in watercolor and oil painting. He gained popularity due to numerous reproductions of his works in illustrated magazines and on postcards. From 1897 to 1898, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under the guidance of Teodor Axentowicz, where he developed his artistic skills.
Setkowicz's work reflects the influences of the styles of Józef Brandt and Julian Fałat. As a popular landscape painter and watercolorist, he primarily depicted genre scenes from Polish village life, including sleigh rides, hunting, and folk customs, as well as forest landscapes. He less frequently painted views of Kraków's architecture, allegorical scenes, and subjects of Jewish themes. He did not succumb to the avant-garde movements that emerged at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Setkowicz passed away on October 24, 1945, in Kraków and is buried at Rakowicki Cemetery. His works can be found in numerous private collections and in the holdings of various Polish museums, including the National Museum in Kraków, the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków, the Museum of Agriculture and Agricultural Industry in Szreniawa, the District Museum in Leszno, the Museum of the History of the Polish Peasant Movement in Warsaw, and the Museum of Mazovian Nobility in Ciechanów.
